back into her pocket, steppin
igh heels clicked sharply aga
t from the crowd and clampe
bing Ava's sleeve and dragging h
slamming the glas
g the corner, her fingers t
ballroom at the Plaza for our engag
ar, lifting her voice so e
Paris," Megan continued. "Custom lace, han
p from their laptops, whi
the small table to stare down
ly found shelter yet
ent in Brooklyn," Megan mocked. "Six h
m her screen, mee
n, sh
isting with rage. "How da
d, shu
et, pointing a trembli
rthless
Edison bulb from the table lamp, a
ly between Megan's molars,
t the wall, clutching her c
op went compl
to yank at the smooth glass, bu
icked up her phone,
ed 911, her voice shrie
e vibrated throug
12 engines shook the sh
roze, turning to
ntence, the phone sli
black vehicles pull
hed Phantom, one of one in the wo
ged from the escort cars, lockin
doors of the Ph
epped onto t
ly groomed, and dressed
silent as the group wal
ay, holding a high-resoluti
the stunned crowd, stoppi
m the tablet scre
your brothers. We've c
he counter, her mouth agape
streaming down her neck, the Edison
e bulb, his expressi
too loud,
en paused i
st brother, snort
creased with
ushed past Brenda to escort the whimpe
back to Ava, h
lk," Julian said. "Come with
ging her canvas ba
d my family was
gold-rimmed gla
not know how you felt about the Kensington name.
duce ourselves pro
nsington Corporati
ity professor,"
t," the third
ctor," Wy
n," Victor grinned,
pianist," Sila
sional gamer,"
ces from magazine cover
cle was an unemployed pig
red his th
ias said. "Our uncle stepped down from the boar
pigs?"
original livestock facility," Elias replied.
et, and quietly slid her emergenc
rd and pulled Ava in
, then relaxed into his ar
Ava's shoulder as they
said quietly. "She passed away, but
heavy door of th
hief assistant sta
the past twenty years," Julian ordered. "I
CEO," the ass
ed east towar
nsington waited by the stone ent
va's hand
my child," Lawr
a medical orderly rushed
. "The master's condition took a shar
g and ran straight
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